"Every man has his thorns, not of him, but in him, deep as bones."

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Source : Mark Lawrence (2013). “Emperor of Thorns”, p.15, Penguin

Mark Lawrence

#Men Quotes #Thorns Quotes #Bones Quotes

“I was born in the seventies, age of bad haircuts and grainy colour photos.”
“What makes us leave what we love best? What is it inside us that keeps erasing itself When we need it most, That sends us into uncertainty for its own sake And holds us flush there until we begin to love it And have to begin again? What is it within our own lives we decline to live Whenever we find it, making our days unendurable, And nights almost visionless? I still don't know yet, but I do it.”
“I think it is said that Gauss had ten different proofs for the law of quadratic reciprocity. Any good theorem should have several proofs, the more the better. For two reasons: usually, different proofs have different strengths and weaknesses, and they generalise in different directions - they are not just repetitions of each other.”

Source : "Interview with Michael Atiyah and Isadore Singer". Interview with Martin Raussen, Christian Skau, www.researchgate.net. February 2005.
“Paradise is full of idiots who believe it exists”
“Go so far away that you stop being afraid of not coming back.”
“I must have some sort of record in failing to get into the charts.”
“It is in your power to withdraw yourself whenever you desire. Perfect tranquility within consists in the good ordering of the mind, the realm of your own.”
“I think people would be suprised at how much we curse when we screw up. I'm like somebody with Tourette's Syndrome.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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